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Using EndNote with CINAHL

EndNote is confusing for first-time users, as it does not have any kind of “getting
started” screen. Once you have EndNote installed, you will open it to see a screen that
looks something like this:

But don’t panic! The first thing we need to do is create a “library” for EndNote to use. A
library is where EndNote can store a collection of references.

Begin by clicking “File” in the upper left-hand corner and selecting “New …”
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Now we are going to create a new library. For this assignment, we can create a
temporary library that, if we want, we can remove later. For this example, I’m going to
call this library “CINAHL Research.”

Once you save this new library, a window should appear that looks like this:

Now we have reached the point at which the YouTube video available in the module,
“How to Use EndNote in 5 Minutes,” begins. I recommend watching that video now.

The video window should look like this:

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The video advises you to use EndNote’s online mode to find resources. Just ignore that
for now, as you’ll have trouble getting EndNote to interface directly with the EBSCO
suite of databases. We’re going to get our resources from CINAHL by exporting them
directly from the database instead.

The online database that the video uses in its example is PubMed. CINAHL looks a little
different. Open the CINAHL database in your web browser, using your off-campus
access if need be.

For this example, I will use the topic “Current guidelines hypertension treatment” from
the topic list, which you can download as a Word document from the assignment
module.

After searching for hypertension treatments and limiting results to academic

publications with full text from the last five years, I have selected this article from the
list:

Once you have selected an article, you can click on the link labeled “PDF Full Text.” This
will open a PDF document of the article in your browser:
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On the right side of the screen, you will see a bar that looks like this:

We want to select the button that looks like a piece of paper with an arrow pointing to
the right. It is the third button from the bottom. This button will bring up the following
dialog box:
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Select “Direct Export in RIS Format” from the top of the list, and then hit the button
labeled “Save.” This will save the file to your computer. Depending on your browser’s
settings, it will either download the file instantly or will open a dialog box asking you
where you want to save the file, or if you want to run it.

If you can, simply run the file, and it will load the information into EndNote. If you have
to save the file, you can afterwards double-click on it, and then it will load into EndNote.

Now look at EndNote again. If you don’t see the information you want in EndNote, it
may be because you’re looking in the wrong place! Click the file-shaped icon in the
upper left of the library window:

Once this file icon is highlighted, the information from the citation should appear:
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Now the next step is to attach a PDF file to the citation. When you’ve done that, then at
any time in the future when you want to look at this article again, the citation and the
full text of the article will be together, easily accessible from EndNote. This will make it
much easier to manage information during your studies and your career when you’re
likely to be dealing with hundreds if not thousands of articles.

Now, in your web browser, look again at the article. A down arrow in the upper right
corner allows you to download it to your computer. If this button isn’t visible, just click
anywhere on the article a few times, and it will appear.
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The default name for any PDF saved from an EBSCO database is “ContentServer.” You
may want to change the file name to something more meaningful, and it is a good idea
to be consistent with file names. For example, you could call this article “Hansell 2017
Hypertension Treatment” (the first author’s name, the year, and a shortened title).

Whatever you choose to call it, save the file where you want on your computer and
remember where you’ve put it.

Now that the PDF is downloaded, we are ready to attach it to the citation in EndNote.

In EndNote, click on the reference to select it. Then, on the far right side of the screen,
click the paperclip icon to attach a file.

This will open a dialog box that will enable us to attach the downloaded PDF:
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Once we have selected the file, a thumbnail view of the PDF should appear on the right
side of the screen in EndNote:

The next step to complete the assignment is to take a screenshot. There are two easy
ways to do this:

1. If you’re using Microsoft Office 2016, open Microsoft Word and select the
“Insert” tab at the top. One of the options there is “screenshot.”
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This screenshot tab will show you which Windows you have open. Simply select
the window that looks like EndNote, and Word will automatically insert a
screenshot of EndNote into your document. You can then save this file and send
it to your professor.

2. If you are using a PC, and if you are using an earlier version of Word, or if you
don’t want to use the “Insert Screenshot” option, you can on most computers take
a screenshot by hitting the button labeled “Print Screen” (it may be abbreviated
to “Pr Scr” or similar) on your keyboard. Make sure you have the EndNote
window showing when you hit “Print Screen.”

Once you have done this, you can paste the screenshot into a Word document.
Right-clicking the mouse and selecting the “paste” button, or simply using the
shortcut Ctrl+V, should insert the screenshot.

If you are using a Mac, the shortcut to take a screenshot is

Command+Shift+3. You can paste the screenshot into a Word document using
the shortcut Command+V.

Once you’ve taken the screenshot and inserted it into a Word document, your document
should look something like this:
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Now simply add any necessary information such as your name and class number, save
the document, and upload it to Blackboard.